Further Proof that the RIAA is full of assholes

I was surfing the web earlier and found a very interesting article (www.zeropaid.com if you're interested) that had a debate between the creator of FreeNet, a file sharing program, and some RIAA moron. While the creator of Freenet had some very valid points, the RIAA loser resorted to name calling. For example, I offer the following Question and Answer between the two (Clarke is obviously Freenet creator and Oppenheim is Captain Oblivious)

Q: How much of a threat is Freenet to the recording industry and other large copyright holders, compared with Kazaa and popular P2P services?

Clarke: That is difficult to say. The RIAA claims that P2P is to blame for their declining sales, yet they are in an industry that relies on discretionary spending in the middle of an economic slump. Of course, rather than blame the economy for declining sales, they blame P2P.

In the longer term, however, I think it is inevitable that communication technology will reduce and eventually eliminate the role of those that profit from their monopoly over the physical distribution of music CDs.

That isn't something anyone except the members of the RIAA should worry about--certainly not the artists, and certainly not the general public. Rather, this is a perfect example of capitalism in action. Just as the motor car replaced the horse and cart, so will the Internet replace most of the roles performed by today's recording industry.

Oppenheim: Other than the fact that most infringers do not like to use Freenet because it is too clunky for them to get their quick hit of free music, it is no more of a threat than any of the popular P2P services.


Oh you poor baby Oppenheim!! Faced with the truth that the Recording Industry is heading down the shitter (rightfully so) you call Freenet "clunky." Like you could program a game of Pong, you dumbass. While you're at it, why don't you label all File Swappers "infringers." Did it ever occur to you that some musicians encourage their songs to be downloaded, so that consumers might say BUY A T-SHIRT or, I know it's far fetched, GO TO A CONCERT?! NO of course not. You know why? Because when I drop $50 to go see Dave Matthews- YOU DON'T SEE A DIME! So suck it.

I have always said that I would buy a ton of CDs if they were reasonably priced. For a CD that costs the Recording Industry maybe 3 bucks to make I will NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER pay 15 bucks. Also, for anyone who contests that figure, they may want to look into a recent class action lawsuit that proved the Recording Industry had been OVERCHARGING FOR 15 YEARS.

Anyway, this topic makes me sick. I am going to go download some music and feel better.